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EDGEWATER -- The Edgewater Fire Rescue will conduct a live fire training exercise at a property located between North Old County Road and Pearl Street.

Set up for the training will begin at 8 a.m. Two abandoned buildings on the site will be burned beginning at 10:30 a.m. The second structure will begin to be burned at 1 p.m.

The 2011 Session of the Florida Legislature officially began last week, which means I will now spend the next two months in Tallahassee. I'll be working with other legislators from around Florida as we confront the many challenges that face our state.

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South Daytona's special election gives Ralph Schoenherr, shown at near left, edges Joe Piggotte Jr. by the slimmest of margins -- just 4 votes -- with a very weak voter turnout.

SOUTH DAYTONA – A special election to fill a vacant City Council seat tonight ended so close it triggered an automatic recount, with Ralph Schoenherr on top by four votes over Joe Piggotte Jr.

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Courtesy photos / Not since 1956 has Stetson University fielded a football team as shown here. That's about to change in less than three years. Women's Lacrosse has been added as well.

DELAND -- Are you ready for some football?

Well, then get ready for the return of Hatter Football.

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NSBNews.Net photo by Henry Frederick / Oak Hill Police Chief Diane Young remains at the center of controversy with Vice Mayor Mary Lee Cook continuing to question the veracity of the city's top cop.

OAK HILL -- Vice Mayor Mary Lee Cook announced at tonight's city commission meeting that she is no longer pursuing her complaint with the city personnel board alleging embattled Police Chief Diane Young called her a "liar".

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Freedom of speech is a right in this country protected by the Constitution, but it should also be governed by morality and conscience.

Recently, citing that very provision of the constitution the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the people carrying on with loud and obnoxious protests during the funerals of fallen military personnel have the right to do so.

They may have the legal right but where is their humanity?

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DAYTONA BEACH -- There were three-motorcycle-related deaths during Bike Week 2011, which ended today.

There were seven biker-related deaths last year. Still, the 10 fatalities collectively from the last two Bike week pale in comparison to the carnage of 2006, when there were 19 deaths.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Coast Guard medically evacuated a Bahamian national approximately 50-miles east of New Smyrna Beach tonight.

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